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The Parc des Princes, Paris Saint-Germain's stadium, during a French league match in 2018.

Champions League

PSG beat Barcelona 4-2 and Como thrash Manchester United 4-1 on Champions League matchday three

Rebeca Andrade prepares to mount the uneven bars at the 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.

Artistic gymnastics

China ends US dominance at the Gymnastics World Championships, and Brazil climbs from 8th to 5th in the team final

Rebeca Andrade prepares to mount the uneven bars at the 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.

Artistic gymnastics

Brazil reaches five finals at the Gymnastics World Championships, with the team final on Wednesday in Rotterdam

American Family Field in Milwaukee, home of the Brewers and site of World Series Game 1, before a game in September 2025.

Rays beat the Guardians 7-3 to take the pennant and set up a World Series that will crown a first-time champion

Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, where the Rays beat the Guardians in Game 4, photographed in 2008.

The Rays beat the Guardians 7-3 to level the ALCS at 2-2, after rain pushed the series back a day

Chiaki Ishii, the first Olympic medallist in Brazilian judo, in a photograph released by the Brazilian Judo Confederation.

Chiaki Ishii, the first Olympic medallist in Brazilian judo, dies at 85

RCD Espanyol's stadium in Cornellà de Llobregat, where Spain and Egypt drew in March 2026, pictured in 2023.

Discrimination in football

FIFA fines Spain's federation US$20,000 over Islamophobic chants and orders 15% of the stadium closed

Rafael Câmara in action in the Formula Regional European Championship at Mugello, Italy, in July 2024, the year he won the title.

Haas signs Rafael Câmara for Formula 1 in 2027, replacing Esteban Ocon

American Family Field, the Brewers' home park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pictured in September 2025. Milwaukee will host the opening games of the 2026 World Series there.

The Brewers erased a 4-0 deficit to sweep the Dodgers and reach their first World Series since 1982

The Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, home of Estudiantes, in La Plata, seen from the main stand in 2019.

Estudiantes and Flamengo draw 0-0 in La Plata, leaving the Libertadores final place to be settled at the Maracanã

An aerial view of the Etihad Stadium, home of Manchester City, in Manchester, England, in 2023.

Champions League

The Champions League's second matchday produced 78 goals in 18 games, and PSG beat City 4-2 at the Etihad

Dodger Stadium, with downtown Los Angeles behind it, in 2016.

The Brewers homered three times off Blake Snell and beat the Dodgers 6-2 to take a 3-0 NLCS lead

The Home of FIFA, the organisation's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, in a 2016 photo.

FIFA to propose $6.35bn fund and $25m per federation, five months before Infantino's election

Diego Maradona in May 2012, when he coached Al Wasl, in Doha. He died on 25 November 2020 at a house in Tigre, in Buenos Aires province.

Maradona death trial

Lawyer for Maradona's youngest son asks 16 years for Luque and Forlini, four more than prosecutors

Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, pictured in 2024. The Rays hosted Game 1 of the 2026 American League Championship Series there on October 12.

Scoreless for five innings, the Guardians scored in the last four and took ALCS Game 1 from the Rays, 7-3

American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home of the Brewers, before a regular-season game in September 2025.

Four Brewers relievers retired the last 15 Dodgers in order, and Milwaukee leads the NLCS 2-0

The New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx meet at Barclays Center in Game 1 of the 2024 WNBA Finals.

The eighth-seeded Liberty sweep the top-seeded Lynx, a first in WNBA playoff history

Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, photographed in March 2026. New York swept its Wild Card Series there and now meets Tampa Bay.

Yankees, White Sox and Padres sweep their Wild Card Series, and only Atlanta still has a game to play

Brazil's women's national football team before their match against Japan at the SheBelieves Cup in February 2019.

Women's football

Brazil's new law gives academies 180 days to field women's teams and caps non-professional players at four in the top flight

The San Diego Padres playing at Petco Park in San Diego, in 2019. The ballpark hosted Game 1 against the Cubs on September 29, 2026.

Two shutouts and one upset: the MLB Wild Card Series opens with three home favorites winning